Asteroid in Love

Among the various Anime released in January 2020, is one of the studios that is fairly solid in its adaptation. Namely, Doga Kobo with his new title "Koisuru Shouwakusei" The thing that made him 'different' from others was not only having a unique storyline, but also in terms of the graphic design that was displayed when it was really 'different'. I do not understand in here. You all manipulated the score, as if you forbid anyone else to watch this. I say this is a good anime, why because there are several factors that influence why this anime can be good. The many scenes ofastromomical explanation, which I find easy to understand. in addition, their struggle to reach their ideals is exemplary and motivating, and much more. It was when we were kids. "Watashitachi ga kodomo no koro" is the one word that appeared at the beginning of the promotional video of this Koisuru Shouwakusei anime. Koisiru Shouwakusei described a woman named Mira Konohata, who was a student from Hoshizaki High School. Because when she was little, Mira met someone named Ao Manaka, their meeting there when he was little made Mira a little interested in things related to space. One day, when Mira went to see the club at her school, and coincidentally met with Ao Manaka. After their meeting, starting from here the story of Koisuru Shouwakusei begins ... Great music. Music in an Anime is something that cannot be separated. Because this also affects the development of the atmosphere in the story. Koisuru Shouwakusei can be called presenting music that is 'just right' even if in personal opinion this is exceptionally great music. As if this music was made not for the Anime itself, but the Anime follows the music. But everyone's opinions must be different, but the music presented in Koisuru Shouwakusei is very fitting in building the atmosphere and portraying the image of this Anime itself. Graphic. This is probably one of the main factors that makes people interested in watching this anime. The illustrations in Koisuru Shouwakusei are very different from the illustrations used in anime in general. Koisuru Shouwakusei is indeed not the first time, but after all this time, flooded with sharing the title of Anime maybe Koisuru Shouwakusei has the most prominent illustration. The background image is no less extraordinary. Maybe this is what is called realistic art. But even though the character's illustration and background are somewhat extraordinary, this is not followed by the expression of each character. Also, the amount of CG that I feel is still lacking to explain the story. So we are required to read the subtitles carefully if we want to understand the situation clearly. Stepping Forward, Towards Dreams. "If you have the chance to repeat everything from the beginning, do you choose to stay the way you are, or choose to change even though there is no guarantee that it will work?" asteroids that they find based on their desires. Will Mira and Ao be able to find the asteroid? Actually the possibilities are endless, so hope as high as possible because someday that desire will become a prayer and will come true.

A back-to-basics Doga Kobo cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime has the pleasure to show us the wonders of the universe, precisely asteroids, along with a healthy small dose of the wonders of geology, and in classical Doga Kobo, a small quantity of yuri subtext (English name is Asteroid in Love). Your astrological chart says that you'll read spoilers, so you're warned. When a little girl called Mira Konohata meets little boy Ao Manaka, they promised each other to discover a new asteroid when older. In the present, teenage Mira joints the Astronomy Club, where she meets teenage Ao, who is actually a girl, and along with Mai Inose,Mikage Sakurai and Mari Morino, they start their adventures exploring the wonders of the Earth and the Universe. Story (9/10): Mira Konohata is a passionate girl on the universe, astronomy, and specially, asteroids; such is her fanatism on asteroids that she made a promise in a camp with a young person with short hair called Ao Manaka that they'll do anything to discover together a new asteroid in a foreseeable future. A few years later, Mira enters high school and wants to join the Astronomy Club, but it was merged with the Geology Club to form the Earth Sciences Club, there she meets a purple haired girl named Ao Manaka, much to the surprise of the asteroid. We can't also forget our ample cast of girls, the calm Mai Inose, or Ino-senpai; the elegant president Mari Morino, or Monroe-senpai; and the playful vicepres Mikage Sakurai, Sakura-senpai. Since their specialties are varied and their clubs forced merging put them into a difficult position to get funds, the chemistry between the girls help them overcome it. Maintaining the traditional structure of Doga Kobo cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime like beach episodes, school festivals, the most remarkable aspect of Asteroid in Love is the soft talk to explain very complicated themes like the parts of a telescope, the celestial sphere, identification of planets by the naked eye, and sometimes the types of rocks, boring, core sampling, strata analysis, ironically, one of the themes that I majored. This is in contrast of the hard-hitting content of RikeKoi, whose themes are much more complicated and are explained very technically that can repel the less educated, while Science-Types fell in love with extreme theoretical jargon. Asteroid is in love with a much more forgiving detail telling to our minds. Later in the show, new girls appear after the graduation of Monroe and Sakura, Mikage's sister Chikage, or Chika-chan, who shares her geology love with her sister, but also can read the fortunes of the girls with rocks, called geomancy; and the rough second year Yuu Nanami, or Nana-chan, whose theme is not astronomy nor geology, rather meteorology, a science that is rarely interesting for the normal people, but she's not normal, so she likes it. Mira and Ao's relationship began normally and started evolving so much that Manaka, after a deep-searching discussion with her family, went to live with her fellow asteroid lover in order to fulfill their dream together. Their common dream made them write an essay about asteroids in order to qualify to an event to actually watch asteroids, in which only Mira qualifies to the final course. Of course Doga Kobo, using all its vast experience on inserting yuri subtext on CGDCT anime, tell us that Ao is indeed in love with the Asteroid girl. The Shining Star Challenge consisted in analyzing live-time the asteroids in Okinawa as in the actual proceeding in actual telescopes, Ao found a way to covertly accompany her darling to the event. Both girls get to experiment how the technical aspects on how to watch asteroids, which they knew a couple of, are the key to fulfill their dream, and while not getting to the promised land at the end, Ao and Mira get even more determined to discover a new asteroid. Art (10/10): Doga Kobo's sweet and very colourful art is always a pleasure to the eyes, the girls are extremely cute and adorable, and especially the design of Monroe-senpai is the finest out there. No weird animations were showed, there's a lot of fluid animation on the movements. The backgrounds and especially the ones with starry skies are a luxury to watch, since I don't know much more about astronomy nor the astronomical sky, I'll say that most of the better known northern sky constellations are spot on (I can just watch the Cruz del Sur rather than the Ursa Major), also the strata of the core samplings and the rocks were very well drawn and actually made me smile because of the correct details. Sound (8/10): The "least" noticeable aspect that goes hiding is the sound; as in many Doga Kobo animes, relatively new seiyuus get the main characters, with Megumi Yamaguchi (Hifumi Takimoto in New Game!) doing Ao, and Tomoyo Takayanagi (Hana Shirosaki in Wataten) as Mira. The more established Nao Touyama (Karen Kujou in Kiniro Mosaic) and Sumire Uesaka (Sanae Dekomori in Chuunibyou) get to voice Sakura-senpai and Monroe-senpai, respectively. The opening is pretty average for someone of the stature of Touyama, and the ending is also very average, but both can be very serviceable due to the extremely mild ambiance of Asteroid. The background sounds give small touches to the relaxing nature of the anime, nothing too loud or too opaque, just there to support the show. Characters (9/10): In Doga Kobo animes, the characters are the stars that shine the most. Each one of the girls has a defined personality and never gets overly aggressive or raunchy, which gives a sweeter calm for the viewer, their relationships are pure and cute, sometimes yuri-esque. I’ll only talk about the Earth Science Club members. Mira Konohata is an energetic girl who has a fascination on astronomy, principally in asteroids, she’ll do anything to help her friends, be it in the astronomy section or not. Her close relationship with Ao is the driving force of the plot. Ao Manaka is a very serious girl, who rarely expresses emotion, acting rationally while investigating the intricate details of the universe, but hides her deep crush on Mira that it wasn’t born the day they reencountered, rather from the very first time they meet. However, in contrast to the more hostile silent girls of other anime, Ao is very friendly with her colleagues. Mai Inose is the least visible girl out there, but her presence is fundamental to maintain the order of the things in the Earth Science Club after the graduation of Monroe and Sakura. Geology and cartography are her specialties, which makes her a little distant toward Ao and Mira. President Mari Morino is elegant and graceful, but has a very playful side that appears in the most critical situations; Monroe-senpai is well versed on astronomy and wants to be an astronaut. Vice-president Mikage Sakurai is rough, but never violent, rather playful, always willing to explore the wonders of the lithosphere; Sakura-senpai is always available to help the club. Chikage Sakurai, like her sister, is literate on geology, but also on geomancy, only differing with Mikage in being energetic. Yuu Nanami is a sullen short haired girl which has a somber past due to natural disasters, so she now studies meteorology to help people take correct decisions concerning weather catastrophes. Enjoyment (10/10): When I was a student quite a few years ago, learning about the outer space, the stars and the celestial bodies bored me to death, ironically, Asteroid in Love made me feel some love for the universe that is mostly based on the surgical combination of something more close to my major, which is geology. The girls and the very digestible theoretical explanations of the secrets of the asteroids and the lithosphere gave me a weekly dose of educational science cuteness. In the common denominator of modern cute-girls-doing-cute-things anime, the yuri subtext has become a staple in the plot, which in many cases, had become the central aspect of many recent shows, Koisuru Asteroid is not the exception. Stories about finding love when sharing a common hobby have existed since the beginning of history (or possibly prehistory), Ao’s repressed feelings for Mina because they want to discover an asteroid together forced the former to live with the latter, and that’s the absolute demonstration of passionate love. Moreover, the outer space subjects the lithosphere and the atmosphere to being second fiddle in size and importance, and despite the sometimes unreachable universe to the human technological progress, Asteroid in Love bridges the gap between the hard theory and the average mind of an anime fan, between the coldness of the space vacuum and the warmth of the cute girls, and between the distance of asteroids and the sweet girls enjoying their school life studying them. Final score: 9/10.

It’s always a bonus when an anime resonates with things you’re genuinely passionate about. Koisuru is the first anime I’ve ever seen to deal with my first love of astronomy and by all accounts, it did a damn good job. When it comes to Doga Kobo shows we know what we’ll get. Cute girls doing cute things, occasional yuri ships and wholesome content that makes you want to go out and find your own niche group of friends. Koisuru delivered on those expectations and more. Not only were we treated to wholesome interactions between the cast on their adventures to discover and name an asteroid,but we actually were treated to extremely accurate information regarding astronomy. Entire segments of episodes are seemingly love letters to the field, including useful tutorials and other tidbits for amateurs wishing to gaze upon the cosmos. In usual Doga Kobo form, we get gorgeous bright colour palettes throughout the series with consistent character models and quality animation. There’s not much to speak of from a technical perspective with these types of shows as they mainly revolve around character interactions and dialogue. The blend of the usual cute girls doing cute things with the educational aspect really made Koisuru standout and resonate with me. I believe that if you have any interest at all in learning about space, astronomy or science in general, this is a great show for you. It’s a really fun, wholesome and educational journey of friendship and discovery. It’s nothing revolutionary or mind-blowing, but it accomplishes everything it sets out to do and the story it tells is a fun one. Koisuru gets 9 asteroids out of 10 from me.

This anime is so cute! I might be biased mainly because I adore cutesy animes, am interested in space exploration, and am a lesbian. But, I think it's a great production nonetheless. It's perfect if you're ever bored during summer or if you don't know what to watch. The plot itself isn't hard to follow and is more of a leisurely watch, the art style is perfect for the overall vibe, the characters are very adorable and have admirable personalities, and it overall just made me very happy to watch. I think if you're looking for light, comedic, and uplifting animes, you'd most certainly enjoythis one. Thank you for the outstanding show!